Those managers. teachers. teams. parent. Either
alone will be dysfunctional. government leaders. and nations that
develop the ability to distinguish between solvable problems and unsolvable polarities and have
the ability to respond effectively to each will outperform those who can’t distinguish between
them and who try to address all issues from a problem solving perspective. either/or problems are a very useful and essential
tool.
What Polarity Management does is provides a user friendly map and set of principles in order to
formalize and enhance our skills with unsolvable problems. This is not about the rejection of either/or thinking. organizations. The rejection of
either/or thinking is an example of either/or thinking. We come by this tendency honestly through formal education.Polarity Management – A Summary Introduction
Conclusion
We all tend to see the difficulties we encounter at work and in life in general as problems we
must solve. 1998 Polarity Management Associates
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. We need both.
Either/Or thinking and Both/And thinking is itself a polarity to manage. In the passing of
knowledge from one generation to the next. alone.
June.
We learn of interdependent opposites (polarities) through the informal socialization process.